Each lost contact with a plane with 28 passengers, flying over the Kamchatka Peninsula In the Russian Far East, Russian news agencies reported today, citing the national security services.
The plane, an AN-26, was flying from the regional capital Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to the town of Palana in the northern part of the peninsula when it stopped transmitting reconnaissance signals, Interfax and RIA Novosti explained.
The 28 passengers include six crew members and one or two children, the agencies said.
Two helicopters are looking for the plane that, according to various sources, may have crashed into the sea or crashed to the ground near a coal mine near Palana.
The Interfax news agency quoted the local meteorological center as saying that there was cloud in the area.
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